Comment by fellowniusmonk

I think another component to the equation in wait times is also doctors per capita and GDP per capita.

It's hard to compare apples to oranges but with high doctors per capita, low wait times for speciality services, long lived citizens and a far lower percentage of GDP spent on health, I wonder if there are any serious holes to poke in Italy's system when compared to the U.S. or if they simply just beat us on every metric.

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org//sites/242e3c8c-en/1/3/2/index...